While AuctionSage will run
seemingly normal without being in administrator mode it is
not the best way to run AuctionSage. AuctionSage is very much
a datafile intensive application which creates 1000s of files
and sometimes you will want access to these files but the
"virtual store folder" system hides your datafiles
from you. When you run in administrator mode is avoids this
virtual store folder problem. It only takes a few seconds to
get it right. Here's how on a Win7 machine. Later Operating
Systems should be similar

Close AuctionSage if it is
running

Run Windows Explorer and browse to
the AuctionSage folder (C:\Program Files(x86)\AuctionSage on Win
7 machines. C:\Program Files\AuctionSage on most other versions
of Windows). Depending on the version of Vista you may have the
Program Files (x86) folder. In any case, browse to the folder
where auctionsage.exe is located

Select the auctionsage application
file and right click and select properties

On the properties screen select
the compatibility tab and check the box to run this program as
administrator